Twinthesis De sonificatie van Twitter ,zo klinkt twitter
Hoe zou Twitter eigenlijk klinken? De Britse student en ontwikkelaar Sam Harman ging op zoek naar het antwoord en ontwierp ‘Twinthesis‘ een applicatie voor de Mac. Deze synthesizer met 6 modules maakt het mogelijk om tweets te vertalen in geluid, iets wat Harman de ‘sonificatie van Twitter’ noemt. De student deed geen half werk en publiceerde zelfs een wetenschappelijk rapport over z’n vinding.
An introductory guide to effectively using Twitter to grow your business! The field of social media marketing is exciting, cutting-edge, and...open to almost anything! Twitter's style of quick remarks lends itself to a carefree, conversational tone, ripe for passing along a plug, sharing a suggestion, or referencing a recommendation.
This fun and friendly book is an excellent first step for gaining insight on how to effectively use one of the most popular social media tools to expand the success of a business. In addition to covering the basics of Twitter, this easy-to-understand guide quickly moves on to techniques for incorporating a Twitter strategy into your marketing mix, combining new and old media, building your network, using Twitter tools, and measuring your success.
* Examines how Twitter's style for character-count caps and real-time posting allows for unique marketing opportunities
* Analyzes several real-world examples of successful strategies for marketing on Twitter
* Discusses ideas for promoting brands on Twitter, building a following, communicating better with followers, and driving traffic to a Web site* Shares the top Twitter applications So get chirping and put Twitter to work for your marketing needs today!
Social media marketing is not social media networking. Most people are familiar with online social networking, but that is only the beginning when it comes to marketing online.
Social media marketing is how you allow potential prospects to find you. Once that happens, you will use social media networking to build relationships with those prospects who may ultimately become customers or join you in your business.
You have to promote yourself in order to build relationships. This means that you need to be preparing your profiles on social networks that you intend to use, where you will reach your target market.
In the beginning this can be just simply creating your profile and building your presence, allowing people to get to know you, as well as what you have to offer. This doesnt mean that you absolutely must be an expert.
Promoting yourself also does not mean that you must come off as its all about me. It is about just being yourself. Enhance your profiles and blogs with pictures, videos, favorite quotes and posts about what you enjoy. Allow people to get to know YOU.
You can and should offer something of value, even if it is just entertaining, educational, or enlightening. Dont start with spamming about your biz-op or product!
Some people may perceive promoting themselves as something which should be reserved to those who are already successful, or good looking. But this is not true.
You are going to attract people to you for being open and forthright, for building trust. Some people do not even have a profile picture posted, whats up with that! Most people are beautiful and exude confidence when they just smile!
The last thing you want to do is appear to be a salesperson, pushing some product or opportunity, for two reasons. First, no one likes to be sold, and you will turn off any prospects when you start off with your pitch. Secondly, you will sound like so many others that do this, that youll be completely ignored for being an armature.
If you are interested in marketing using social media, then you want to grow your network in your target market to the extent that it will be possible for potential prospects to find you. Then, once you begin to provide valuable content, they will hopefully return, and even propagate your posts.
But these things take some time, however, given the initial investment in creating that content and building your networks, the payoff will last as long as the market is solvent.
Start?
Identify Your Target Market The first thing is to determine your target market. This is crucial to both building your content as well as your network in which you will want to market. It is with that in mind that you will want to select the social networks and groups that you will be participating in.
Different social networks will enable you in many cases to be more targeted toward one audience or demographic. Forums and groups are often very specific niche groups It is in these networks and groups that you must create your online presence. Begin defining your strategy.
Dont over extend yourself in the beginning. Select only 2 or 3 networks or groups to work with until you are well established and things are going smoothly. Use the targeted keywords in your profile, join related groups and forums, etc.
Create Your Content You will want to be creating some content which will be of value to your target market. This will be your blog or web page that will also lead to your sales funnel, whether that is a retail product, or an exchange of personal information (name, email and phone number) for something of value that you have to offer (a typical of a capture or squeeze page).
If you have a blog or web page which provides information about your service, make sure that it has content that is Educational, Entertaining, or Enlightening, or all of the above. It should be engaging enough in the onset to maintain your readers interest. Update your content by adding new posts at least once or twice a week to keep it up to date (Google will appreciate this and reward your increased SEO with higher rankings, i.e. placement on search results pages).
Some of your content may be from forum posts or articles that you publish in online groups. The content can be re-used or copied to your blog, in its original form or expanded upon. It may even be links to others content.
Link Your Content to Your Networking Profiles Build links from your social networking profiles that point to your blog or web page (your central hub). These links could be directly to the sales funnel, but should mostly be to elements of content within your central hub that will provide the type of value that you intend to offer as part of your marketing process. These are the elements that, when syndicated by your network, will increase your SEO and provide value to your target market.
When you have the framework and initial content prepared for your central hub, increase your personal network in to the thousands by connecting with people in that market. Begin by just making initial contacts and eventually making friends.
Utilizing groups is a good way to connect with people in your niche. Connect with other members, comment on their posts , provide good content, and make yourself known. Thank anyone for comments and input on your posts as well. The group members will eventually take notice of you and explore your links if they are interested.
Your Goal is Trust
Only after you have gained the trust of your audience, will they consider doing business with you, or giving you their personal information to receive more of what you have to offer. It begins with personal interaction, and ends with trust.
Trust can be made over time, but broken in short order if you abuse the privilege of someones attention. Dont waste your work accomplished in building your network by spamming people, posting your business proposition on their personal profile page or by filling their inbox with unsolicited product and opportunity information!
Enjoy the benefit of getting to know so many people that you may never have had the chance to know before without the advent of social media and online social networking. The world is continually getting smaller, and we can only enrich one anothers lives by simply knowing each other!
And always remember that you are unique and therefore have much to offer - Be yourself, everyone else is taken. Oscar Wilde
Twitter Tutorials for Twitter Newbies * Twitter in Plain English 2:25 * How to sign up for Twitter 2:02 * How to customize your Twitter profile 2:32 * Understanding Twitter etiquette 1:57 * Sharing pictures on Twitter 2:28 * Twitter Tutorial – Getting Started 5:53
This is one of my best twitter tips. On this blog post Ill explain you how to get more twitter followers in short time.
All this blog post is based on my own personal experience and on what I have read about twitter.
The best way I know how to get more twitter followers is by mass following and unfollowing.
When I want to get twitter followers first thing which I do is
posting some interesting tweets (that contain some usefull and
interesting tips, tricks and links) on my twitter profile (this way my
twitter profile will draw more peoples attention).
It is also important to fill out your twitter profiles bio section
(you can see this field on the right side of your twitter profile which
describes what your twitter account is about). You had better put there
some info about your twitter account or about you. Some researches
proove that if you have filled out your twitter profiles bio section
number of people who will follow you back is much much greater then if
you leave this field blank.
On this web link you can read one blog post (containing some of my
best twitter tips) which prooves that twitter profiles which have bio
section filled out will attract 8 times as many twitter followers as one
without bio section filled out:
Another very important thing is putting on your twitter profile some
custom image. I usually use red colored images (instead of the default
image, because it is much more noticeable then when that is in some
other colors, and it will draw more peoples attention according to some
researches done in 60′s or 70′s).
Some internet marketers even suggest using custom twitter background
image instead of default one this way your twitter profile will look
more professional.
Then I find some other twitter profiles whose topic or subject is
related to the subject of my twitter profile and which has at least
several 10,000′s of followers (those twitter profiles are getting new
followers quickly, and this way you will avoid following the same people
again).
You can find those twitter profiles on many twitter directories. The
best places where you can find those people are twitter directories
like: wefollow.com, tweetfind.com, twitr.org, twellow.com,
justtweetit.com, twitdir.com, geofollow.com and many others.
You can search and find those people under relevant categories. You
had better find people who have a lot of followers (at least several
10,000′s twitter followers).
If you want to get targeted followers (people who are interested in
what you have to offer or are trying to promote) the best way is to
find some twitter profile with the same subject like your twitter
profile, and to follow his followers.
One day you should follow some 500 people (or his followers) on
twitter, and then after 48 hours or every other day you should first
follow (reciprocate) all those that began following you and then
unfollow all those that do not follow you, and then again follow another
500 people on twitter and repeat this process every other day. Im not
recommending following more people on twitter (more then 500) in order
not to get your twitter account suspended, as some people had
experienced this.
You can also find those people if you already have at least few
1000′s of followers by logging with your twitter profile username and
password into this service: MyTweeple.com, and by searching through your
followers (you do this by clicking on link Your Followers and by
sorting them clicking on drop down menu in which you can sort them by
number of followers; you can also see how many followers all your
followers have and if their twitter profile is related to your twitter
profile).
Im doing this myself every other day, and this way I get around 3000
followers every month. On one of my twitter profiles in few months I
got over 10,000 followers using this method.
Another very important thing to remember is that after following you
should wait around 48 hours and then repeat this process, for your
twitter account might get suspended. It is also very important not to
unfollow people right after following them, for the reason that there
are some people whose twitter accounts got suspended for this reason.
Also very important thing is to post tweets about some interesting
things on twitter (which contain some secrets, tips and other usefull
and interesting) this way you will attract more twitter followers.
Especially those tweets on the top (the several latest tweets) should be
very usefull and interesting. More interesting your twitter profile is
more people will follow you back. After following some 500 people on
twitter in the next two days I get around 200 people following me
back.
There is one awsome automated twitter tool which can help you to
automate this job (mass following/unfollowing). This twitter tool is
called TwittAdder.
With this automated twitter tool you can unfollow all those that dont
follow you with one single click and also with one click to follow
someone elses followers, and save your time and effort. This tool also
has many other usefull features that can help you in your twitter
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Twitter is about humor
Twitter Tales: Our Users, Their Stories
How do you use Twitter? We asked dozens of our users that exact
question. What resulted from their responses is a series of quirky and
inspiring articles. We call them Twitter Tales.
Frankly, @thebloggess
was hesitant to even sign up for Twittereven perhaps a bit hostile
toward the idea that in addition to blogging she should somehow produce
"tweets." What were these tweets? What did they do? Was it inappropriate
to tweet in public? Would it stop her even if it was? Was the entire
world watching?
The Bloggess Comes to Twitter
A number of her friends attempted to convince @thebloggess
to join by showing her tweets talking about her blog postswhat better
way to encourage her to join than to show that other people were talking
about her behind her e-back, after allbut she remained resistant.
Ultimately, in 2008, a friend opened an account in her name and
threatened to tweet in her place. Concessions were begrudgingly made and
@thebloggess started her Twitter journey.
Her goal was both simple and terrifying: "If I am going to do this,
I am going to entertain myself." Her Twitter account would become the
"behind the scenes" commentary to her blog. It would also become an
irreverent, rebellious, oddly wig-filled, and utterly hilarious
documentation of an otherwise normal(ish) life.
The Highlight Reel
Highlights of @thebloggess' two-year tweet rampage include three awesome events:
As part of a campaign to bring silliness back into the world, @thebloggess
tweeted about her adventures at a sandwich shop where she put the name
"wolverines!" on her order, thereby making an employee have to shout out
"Wolverines!" when her food was ready. The idea caught on like
wildfire, and a few blog posts and a few hundred tweets (not all by her)
later, #wolverines was a trending topic on Twitter.
After a surprise nomination in the "government" category in the Shorty Awards that was later rescinded due to @thebloggess
not actually being in the government, she tweeted her outrage and was
officially appointed the "Czar of Nothingness" in Martindale, Texas, so
she would be eligible for another Shorty Award in government. However,
due to the unfortunate technicality of her not having been in government
at all prior to the nomination, she won't be eligible until next year.
After an argument with her husband that led to him stating that he
would only be impressed by her Twitter presence if she was "famous
enough to get William Shatner to come over for dinner," @thebloggess
embarked (with the full, joyous support of her followers) on a Twitter
campaign to get William Shatner to come to her house to "save her
marriage."
William Shatner, perhaps perplexed by the preponderance of
messages, blocked her; this led to another, even more widespread
campaign to get Shatner to unblock @thebloggess. He did, though he's yet to come over for dinner.
The group of followers who supported her efforts became known as the "Bloggess Army" and went on to start another account, @thegoodbloggess, that helps individuals who are in a tough place in life.
Viva la Twitter!
As her voice evolved on Twitter, @thebloggess always focused on tweets that are fun for everyone
(though especially her). This has included posting photos, videos, and
retweeting other users she found amusing to her stream. She also has
used Twitter as a personal support tree, noting
mid-conference-inspired-possible-anxiety-attack that "I love Twitter.
I'm still alone but no longer lonely. #mom2summit."
After a 2009 anxiety attack left her alone in a hotel room and
unable to physically be around another person, she reached out via
Twitter and, thousands of replies later, was awed at the level of
connection she'd achieved.
Despite her initial resistance to Twitter, @thebloggess
found much more than just an extension of her blog or a wider audience
on Twitter. She found a group of wry misfits to connect with, a
"bloggess army" to help other people with, and a unique way to share her life with her followers and friends.
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Twitter information throughout workday commute
Twitter Tales: Our Users, Their Stories
How do you use Twitter? We asked dozens of our users that exact
question. What resulted from their responses is a series of quirky and
inspiring articles. We call them Twitter Tales.
Many Bay Area commuters know how it feels to stand for
hours on a Caltrain platform wondering where in Gods name their train
is. The train system, which is the main mode of public transportation
from San Francisco to Silicon Valley, is notorious among riders for its
lack of communication about delays caused by mechanical problems or
accidents. Getting any real-time information was nearly impossible. That
is, until Ravi Pina created the Twitter account, @Caltrain.
Tired of delays
Ive been a Caltrain commuter since I moved here in 2006, says
the techy 32-year-old who travels daily to work in Silicon Valley from
San Francisco. Like many other riders, Ravi quickly grew tired of
unpredictable delays. Coming home was a particular pain-point,
especially in 2007 with a spike in delays sometimes up to two hours or
more. Something had to be done.
When Ravi started tweeting from @Caltrain,
his idea for the account was simple: technology-equipped riders could
send an email from their phone or computer to a special address Ravi
managed. The first 140 characters of the emails subject line would be
broadcast from @Caltrain
as a Tweet to all of the accounts Twitter subscribers. Im a huge
nerd, Ravi adds. So, I have resources available to me to create this
system. The barrier of entry for me was low. I thought, make it simple
send an email to one account, figure out how to limit abuse.
It worked. Ravi initially asked coworkers to test the system,
submitting real-time messages about delays affecting the trains they
were currently riding or waiting for. Riders up the line could catch the
Tweets, ask questions, and submit their own updates. I make no
assertions that this is an official service account. The philosophy I
had was to provide an easy solution to the community that could help
them help each other, says Ravi. I wanted to see where the community
would take it.
Information throughout workday commute
With over 4,000 followers and more than 400 approved contributors,
the account has clearly taken off. For some, its become an invaluable
source of information throughout their workday commute. Rider response
has been all spectrums of positive, everything from this is cool! to
thanks for the great service to people who use it religiously. For
some, the service has become part of their way of life. They are so
grateful, Ravi says.
Ravi adds that his mornings are now much less stressful. When he
wakes up to his phone vibrating off the dresser with SMS messages from
the @Caltrain
account, he hits snooze on his alarm clock and drives to work or takes a
later train. Reflecting Twitters own belief in communication and the
open exchange of information, he adds, Theres a huge value in the
aspect of community in this and having that constant and reliable feed
of relevant data. Anyone willing to embrace this is one step ahead of
the curve in terms of communication.
Ironically, official Caltrain employees have fully embraced @Caltrain
and the updates its riders contribute. But, theyve yet to reach out to
Ravi and create or maintain something like it themselves. If Caltrain
ever said, Look, we want to officially do this now, they definitely
could, Ravi laughs. Until then, stranded riders can text Follow
Caltrain to 40404 and immediately become a part of the community.
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Twitter is Sweet
Twitter Tales: Our Users, Their Stories
How do you use Twitter? We asked dozens of our users that exact
question. What resulted from their responses is a series of quirky and
inspiring articles. We call them Twitter Tales.
The woman behind @cakespy's
cute and quirky Twitter commentary is just as sweet as you'd imagine.
In fact, her lifes mission is to make the world a sweeter place
through art and baked goods. How is she accomplishing this goal?
Through her artwork, her passion for local bakeries, and her Twitter
account.
A writer, illustrator, and small business owner with a penchant for
baked goods, Jessie Oleary spends her time creating artwork inspired by
cupcakes, cakes, pies, and the like, and seeks out sugary inspiration
wherever she goes. She sells her work out of a small shop (CakeSpy Shop)
that she opened this year in Seattle, which grew from a website she'd
built. I actually noticed that Twitter is one of the most powerful
tools in generating traffic to my online store, says Jessie, who was
more than happy to leave her day job in full-time pursuit of desserts
and art. I can promote, engage with people, and have fun.
I actually noticed that Twitter is one of the
most powerful tools in generating traffic to my online store. I can
promote, engage with people, and have fun."
Using Twitter as her primary marketing tool, Jessie has mastered the
art of creating clever, entertaining updates and understands how to make
Twitter work for her. I think that people see through it and get tired
of it really quickly when all you do is push your product, she
explains. It's often more interesting to give them some of the
backstory via Twitter in addition to updating them about relevant news
and products."
With this in mind, Jessie uses Tweets to gather feedback on art
projects shes working on, survey customers and gather ideas from
like-minded Twitter users, document her adventures sampling baked goods,
and to drive traffic to her blog and store. I seek out sweetness in
everyday life, Jessie adds. Sometimes thats literal in terms of
visiting bakeries; sometimes its figurative in terms of my art. I
report on it, and share it. And the world or at least Twitter is a
little sweeter for it.
This one time...
@cakespy
received a Tweet from a fan asking if she could illustrate an Andy
Warhol quote: My ideal wife would have a lot of bacon, bring it all
home, and have a TV Station besides. She jumped at the challenge,
created a masterpiece,
and used it to propel more artwork. People loved it! Jessie recalls.
I started posting weekly Andy Warhol illustrations on Twitter.
How do you use Twitter? We asked dozens of our users that exact question. What resulted from their responses is a series of quirky and inspiring articles. We call them Twitter Tales.
When Merlin Mann created his best-known Twitter account (@hotdogsladies) in early 2007, he immediately fell in love with one notorious aspect of the online service: what he calls “the happy constraint of 140 characters.” “As someone who talks about creative work all day, you learn to love constraints,” says Merlin, who's often described as "a reluctant productivity guru," infamous for his unconventional presentations on personal productivity and knowledge work.
“My friends and I try to rise to the challenge of seeing how far we can go with just those 140 characters. It ended up that it was a perfect medium for a certain kind of humor and observation,” he adds.
“It’s just the right amount of space to make a small joke, with a twist.”
As it turns out, almost 100,000 followers (and counting) think @hotdogsladies rises to the challenge in his short, clever messages. He tweets about funny things he sees on the street, posts snarky pop culture commentary, and makes hilarious and often very nerdy jokes.
“I want to tell a little story,” Merlin says of each Tweet. “I want to create a little world in there where you have to figure out what the missing piece is, and where it’s not obvious what I’m saying – like a puzzle you have to figure out.”
Merlin is straightforward about the way he uses Twitter: not as a social media platform. “I use it as a self-publishing platform. Much the same way I'd use a blog,” he explains. “For a long time, I kept a running file with jokes and ideas that I might want to someday transform into a joke for Twitter.” He publishes these short quips every day or so, and doesn’t worry much about whether his fans get it or not. “Half the people who follow me are there because they get the jokes; I suspect the the other half probably aren't even sure WHY they're there,” laughs Merlin. “Truthfully, I don’t craft stuff to be retweeted. Not a fan.”
In fact, Merlin is probably the only person on Twitter to say that, once in a while, he feels like he has too many followers. “I’ll realize I dislike that pressure of facing a big, half-interested audience. So, yeah, I'll try to get the fence-sitters to dump me,” he says with a laugh. “I’ll post something that will totally piss people off, like ‘Nice hat, Justin Bieber—do they make it for men?’ and then, in brackets, show my current number of followers. Just so everyone could track how many people I could persuade to split.”
Ironically, it’s precisely this attitude that seems to make Merlin so popular. He understands what many others seek on Twitter, and he delivers it daily. “No one really cares about my life, or your life; what they care about is being amused. Twitter is a place to have fun,” he says.
Merlin spends much of his professional life helping people find the time and attention to do their best work (check out his upcoming book Inbox Zero). “With email,” he explains, “I have no control over what people put in my inbox and no control over what my expectations are about it. But the great thing about Twitter is that you don’t have to repeatedly see anything you don’t want to see; I have 100% control over what lands in my Twitter stream.” That observation has led Merlin to develop some pretty insightful tips on how best to use Twitter. Among them is: “If they aren’t amusing you, unfollow.” Certainly, Merlin offers that exact advice to all of his own followers. Even still, the numbers just keep climbing.
His best tweets:
“If the LOST guys redid The Bible, there'd be 3 Marys, a subplot about Job's imaginary spaceship, and zero resolution on who Jesus's Dad is.”
“James Carville always looks like he's struggling to remember whether he just ate a ferret.”
"Joining a Facebook group about creative productivity is like buying a chair about jogging."
“Chili's is America's lonely ex-girlfriend. You arrive starved and confused; you leave sad and gravely clear on why things never worked out.”
“Innovation is a lot like risotto. The few who make it well just go make it; the many who can't yammer about it until you want to stab them.”
“Look: it's not journalism unless it's printed on costly paper you throw out one hour after some guy literally drives it to your door. Daily.”
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While there are many different resolutions out there, the most common
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Twitter is an information network.
Millions of people, organizations, and businesses use it to discover and
share new information.
On Twitter, anyone can read, write and share messages of up to 140
characters. These messages, or Tweets, are public and available to
anyone interested in them. Twitter users subscribe to your messages by
following your account. Followers receive every one of your messages in
their timeline, a feed of all the accounts they have subscribed to.
When you combine messages that are quick to write, easy to read,
public, opt-in, and accessible anywhere, you have a powerful, real-time
way of communicating.
What does Twitter do for businesses?
As a business, you can use Twitter to quickly share information,
gather market intelligence and insights, and build relationships with
people who care about your company. Often, there is already a
conversation about your business happening on Twitter.
Start participating!
Glossary
Twitter users have developed short-form syntax to make the most of 140 characters. Here are the fundamentals.
Mention
Once you've signed up and chosen a Twitter username, you and
others can mention an account in your Tweets by preceding it with the @
symbol, eg: "Glad your shipment arrived @janesmith!"
Retweet
When you see a Tweet by another user that you want to share, click
Retweet below it to forward it to your followers instantly.
Message
If you want to privately Tweet to a particular user who's already following you, start your Tweet with DM or D to direct-message them, eg: "DM @joesmith234 what is your order number?"
Hashtag
Users often prepend # to words in their Tweets to categorize them
for others eg: "Check out our new products for the Fall:
http://t.co/link2 #fallsale" Think of hashtags as the theme of your
Tweet. Users can then click on a hashtag to see other similarly-themed
tweets and find yours in search.
Best Practices
Build your following, reputation, and customer's trust with these simple practices:
Share. Share photos and behind the scenes info
about your business. Even better, give a glimpse of developing projects
and events. Users come to Twitter to get and share the latest, so give
it to them!
Listen. Regularly monitor the comments about your company, brand, and products.
Ask. Ask questions of your followers to glean valuable insights and show that you are listening.
Respond. Respond to compliments and feedback in real time
Reward. Tweet updates about special offers, discounts and time-sensitive deals.
Demonstrate wider leadership and know-how. Reference articles and links about the bigger picture as it relates to your business.
Champion your stakeholders. Retweet and reply publicly to great tweets posted by your followers and customers.
Establish the right voice. Twitter users tend to prefer a direct, genuine, and of course, a likable tone from your business, but think about your voice as you Tweet. How do you want your business to appear to the Twitter community?
Twitter on the Go
Making the most of Twitter is greatly
facilitated with mobile phones. Whether you want to Tweet, or simply
encourage your customers to read your Tweets, here are some features
that can help.
Fast Follow
This is a simple way for people to get information they care about
in real-time, a way to follow an account from a phone without signing
up. For example: users can text 'follow twitter' to 40404 and receive
Tweets from @twitter
sent to their phone. Promoting this feature in a storefront window or a
website is a great way to stay engaged with your customers, regardless
if they're on Twitter or not.
From a computer, or from a phone, Twitter users can elect to
receive text message updates when your account Tweets. Mobile
notifications can be a great way to promote exclusive content or
coupons, among other promotions. If someone has signed up to be notified
of your Tweets, whenever you tweet, they'll get it as an SMS message on
their phone.
Pro Tip: Tell your customers to click
the phone icon next to the Following button on your profile on
Twitter.com to receive your company's tweets on their phone.
Tweet from anywhere
Tweeting on the go will help you stay connected to your followers
wherever you are. Applications that we have made include official
clients for the Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows, and Blackberry phones.
There are also numerous great applications to help you upload pictures
and video, such as TwitPic, YFrog, Plixi, Flickr, and YouTube.
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Twiends provides introductions to people looking for friends and followers.
We use a fair credit system to create the incentive for you to check someone out.
When you follow someone you earn credits from them, and vica versa when they follow you.
You can decide how many credits you want to offer per follow, and when you run
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be friends with in the long run. Despite our name, we are not a "get followers
fast" site or a follower train. You get to choose who you friend and they get to
do the same. In saying that though, you will find that a lot people will follow
you because you are on the site. Our focus is community building.
What is a credit?
You offer credits to others as an incentive for them to follow you. They can then use the credit to do the same.
It is purely a mechanism for encouraging people to check each other out, and it
works.
I don't want to follow others, I just want others to follow me.
That's perfectly fine. You can list yourself on the site absolutely free. People will
probably still check you out. You can also get credits through other means, such
as referring friends or blogging about the site.
I don't want credits, I just want to make some new friends.
That's perfectly fine too. You can find and follow some new friends on the site without
listing yourself too. By delisting yourself on your settings page you can still
find and follow some interesting people without being listed yourself.
Can I purchase credits?
You can do that on the "credits" page when you're logged in.
All purchases are handled securely through PayPal.
The credits purchased will appear in your account immediately.
Why can't I set my offer to 1 credit?
The minimum offer is 2 credits, but the site automatically deducts
one credit during each follow.
That's why offers always appear one credit lower than you set them. If
you set it to 2, it will appear as 1. If you set it to 6, it will appear
as 5.
Deducting one credit during each follow is a very important part of the
credit mechanism.
It allows us to reintroduce those credits into the system in other ways,
such as giving them to new users or to users who refer other users or
blog about the site.
It creates a better "flow" of credits on the site that encourages a lot
of following.
If we didn't do this then the credits in the system would inflate, and
the incentive to follow others would diminish over time.
We would also not be able to offer incentives for referrals and other
community growing activities.
All of this we have found out through extensive testing and analysis.
Why are some people offering 0 credits?
The reason you see 0 credit offers in the system is because those
users have run out of credits and can no longer offer any, so they show
as 0 until they get more credits.
Generally people will stop following them because of this, which
encourages them to log in and participate as well.
Do you offer a VIP option?
Yes, although it may work slightly differently than you're used to.
Anybody that purchases credits on the site is marked as a VIP.
This VIP status will last from a few days to a few weeks, depending on
the package purchased.
If I follow someone twice will I get the credits twice?
No, I'm afraid not. That would be a little unfair on the person
offering you the credits.
You only get the credits once. Also, if you do a lot of following and
unfollowing you risk having your account suspended by Twitter.
What happens if my account is suspended by Twitter?
As part of our terms of service you may only use Twiends.com with a fully active Twitter account.
Suspended accounts will not be allowed to use the service.
We take twitter's terms of service very seriously, please read our
ethics page.
What does the service cost me?
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like, but everything is essentially free.
Why does it say I can't follow someone?
There are a few reasons why this can happen. The most common reason
is when someone protects their updates.
When this happens you will get the credits for following them the first
time, but will not start following them until they approve you.
You might also have followed the person outside of Twiends.com. Once
you've tried to follow them once they shouldn't show up in the list
again.
What is aggressive unfollowing?
This is when someone follows a lot of people in the list and then
unfollows them shortly thereafter.
It's obviously something that our users don't like as they lose credits
and don't get a new follower.
When people churn the list they are effectively taking credits from
others without giving anything in return. Twiends.com works on a system
of mutual
introduction. It's a trust system that says, I'll give you credits if
you follow
me for a reasonable amount of time and check me out. People that just
churn the
list are not even giving their new friends a chance. Our systems monitor
for
aggressive follower churning and when certain thresholds are hit you may
not
find any new friends to follow.
Are you forcing me to follow others?
Of course not. This is not the goal of Twiends.com. The guideline I put in
place is that you follow someone for at least a week to see if you like what
they tweet about. If you find them offensive or spammy then you can of course
unfollow them immediately. Over time you can decide who you want to be long-term
friends with. We want our introductions to mean something, and we want you to
honestly check out your new friends before unfollowing them.
How can I close my account
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also de-list yourself without closing your account on the settings page.
How long does it take before I get my featured user slot.
It usually takes a couple of days before you get your turn. Sometimes
it can take a little longer if there's a long waiting list.
Feel free to email me if you want to find out how long the wait is.
Can you give me more information about the service?
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Subscribe to the feed..
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I believe that not much happens of any significance when we're in our comfort zone. I hear people say, "But I'm concerned about security." My response to that is simple: "Security is for cadavers."
2.
Never give up.
Almost nothing works the first time it's attempted. Just because what you're doing does not seem to be working, doesn't mean it won't work. It just means that it might not work the way you're doing it. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it, and you wouldn't have an opportunity.
3.
When you're ready to quit, you're closer than you think.
There's an old Chinese saying that I just love, and I believe it is so true. It goes like this: "The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed."
4.
With regard to whatever worries you, not only accept the worst thing that could happen, but make it a point to quantify what the worst thing could be.
Very seldom will the worst consequence be anywhere near as bad as a cloud of "undefined consequences." My father would tell me early on, when I was struggling and losing my shirt trying to get Parsons Technology going, "Well, Robert, if it doesn't work, they can't eat you."
5.
Focus on what you want to have happen.
Remember that old saying, "As you think, so shall you be."
6.
Take things a day at a time.
No matter how difficult your situation is, you can get through it if you don't look too far into the future, and focus on the present moment. You can get through anything one day at a time.
7.
Always be moving forward.
Never stop investing. Never stop improving. Never stop doing something new. The moment you stop improving your organization, it starts to die. Make it your goal to be better each and every day, in some small way. Remember the Japanese concept of Kaizen. Small daily improvements eventually result in huge advantages.
8.
Be quick to decide.
Remember what General George S. Patton said: "A good plan violently executed today is far and away better than a perfect plan tomorrow."
9.
Measure everything of significance.
I swear this is true. Anything that is measured and watched, improves.
10.
Anything that is not managed will deteriorate.
If you want to uncover problems you don't know about, take a few moments and look closely at the areas you haven't examined for a while. I guarantee you problems will be there.
11.
Pay attention to your competitors, but pay more attention to what you're doing.
When you look at your competitors, remember that everything looks perfect at a distance. Even the planet Earth, if you get far enough into space, looks like a peaceful place.
12.
Never let anybody push you around.
In our society, with our laws and even playing field, you have just as much right to what you're doing as anyone else, provided that what you're doing is legal.
13.
Never expect life to be fair.
Life isn't fair. You make your own breaks. You'll be doing good if the only meaning fair has to you, is something that you pay when you get on a bus (i.e., fare).
14.
Solve your own problems.
You'll find that by coming up with your own solutions, you'll develop a competitive edge. Masura Ibuka, the co-founder of SONY, said it best: "You never succeed in technology, business, or anything by following the others." There's also an old Asian saying that I remind myself of frequently. It goes like this: "A wise man keeps his own counsel."
15.
Don't take yourself too seriously.
Lighten up. Often, at least half of what we accomplish is due to luck. None of us are in control as much as we like to think we are.
16.
There's always a reason to smile.
Find it. After all, you're really lucky just to be alive. Life is short. More and more, I agree with my little brother. He always reminds me: "We're not here for a long time, we're here for a good time!"
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